As of February 2024, Margaret Court held the record for the most women's Grand Slam tournament victories. Hailing from Australia, Court won 24 Grand Slams in an illustrious career which spanned the 1960s and 1970s. Until recently, Court's record applied to both men's and women'...
Another adherent to the clean, sharply-cut look of the '30s, Don Budge emerged as one of the greatest players in tennis history. The first player to win all four Grand Slams in one year, he played with grace and power—his backhand is often called the greatest ever. Just look at that...
He is one of the most popular tennis players. He is a professional at playing tennis. He has won a record 17 grand slams. He has captured his first title of Roland Garos title in 2009.He is considered the most dominant clay court player in the tournament. He is regarded as the only ...
That's 10 percent of all grand slam majors in tennis' 50-year Open era. Federer, who every time he steps onto the court extends his record as the oldest player ever to rank No. 1 in the ATP, has won four grand slams since turning 30. And that, you guessed it, ties a...
this ensures that the world is also treated to a different winner almost every year, which can’t be said for the other Grand Slams. Indeed, there have been four different winners in the men’s US Open over the last four years while there have been three different winners of the women’...
“People forget if you look at [Seles’] record, she has nine Grand Slams, which is an amazing career. But she would have had double that at least. . . . She took our game to another level.” Former top player Pam Shriver added that the incident must have been a huge burden for ...
1 tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker. He was the winner of ten Grand Slam titles – five in singles and five in doubles. Trabert won two French singles championships, two U.S. National Men's Singles Championships, and one ...
Novak Djokovic celebrates after winning the men's singles event at the 2023 US Open in New York, the United States, Sept. 10, 2023. (Xinhua/Liu Jie) Djokovic finished the year with seven titles from only 12 tournaments, including three Grand Slams. ...
The fifth most popular sport in Spain is tennis. Many famous tennis men and tennis women originate from Spain, most notoriously legendary Rafael Nadal. The sport is still very famous in the country, and the national team is also very good: they won the Davis Cup 6 times (from 2000 to 20...
Nadal andRoger Federer. He is the first man in the Open era to win all four Grand Slams at least twice. And whisper it, but he is halfway to the coveted achievement of winning all four slams in a calendar year, something only Rod Laver has managed on the men's side in the ...